Bottle package



Sept. 19, 1944. F, c, McKlNLEY BOTTLE PACKAGE Filed Sept. 21, 1942 INVENTOR Flo d C.MKinle BY y y W I h 57 ATTORNEYS Patented Sept. 19, 1944 7 UNITED STATES PATENT-.. OFFICE p 2 35 523 I V' I 4 BOTTLE PACKAGE 7 a I Floyd 0. McKinley, Shaker Heights, Ohio .7 1 Application September 21, 1942, serial No. 459,085

' mm. (o1. 206+ )s This invention relates to a bottle package in whicha large bottle and a small bottle are so mounted in a box as to provide a convenient and economical means of shipping, displaying and merchandising the combination of materials contained in thebottles'. V

More particularly the present invention airns to provide a package for a combination consisting of one or more largebottles of charged water and a small bottle of flavoring material such as a syrup for mixing with the charged water to make a beveragep An object of the present invention is to efiect a saving of bottles and'bottle caps by replacing small beverage bottles with bottle sets containing the ingredients for a considerable number of drinks. r

A further object is to provide a package in which a taller bottleprovides a hand grip by which the package may be carried.

A 'further object is to? provide a package including abox to receive the'bottles which is so constructed that the labels on the bottles may be displayed.

. A further object is to provide a package which readily nests with other like packages for storage orshipment.

A further object is to provide a box in which the bottles are positioned close together side'by side and in which the bottles are held against relative movements. o

A further object is to provide a paperboard box which is collapsible and capable of being folded flat for shipment, which is easily assembled, and which can be readily opened for insertion or removal of bottles.

With the above and other objects in View the invention may be said to comprise the device as illustrated in the accompanying drawing hereinafter described and particularly set forth in the appended claim, together with such variations and modifications thereof as will be apparent to one skilled in the art to which the invention pertains.

Reference should be had to the accompanying drawing forming a part of thi specification, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the package of the present invention; Fig, 2 is a perspective view showing a side wall of the box in an open position which permits bottles to be inserted into or removed from the b Fig. 3. is a fragmentary side elevation .viewed as indicated at 3+-.3vinFig. 1;. r, j

Fig. 4 is asection taken .onthexline indicated at44inFig.3; V g &

Fig. 5 is a plan view of the paperboard, blank from which the box i formed;

.Fig. 6 is .a top plan view: of. a. plurality. of .the

bottle packages nestedtogethen l o Referring to the accompanying drawing, the package of thepresent invention as shown in these views comprises alarge bottle. I .and a shorter and smaller bottle 2 which are mounted side. byside ina paperboard box, which has a narrow end wall 3 joined to a bottom wall 4 and a top wall 5, both of which taper toward the wall 3 and are of elongated trapezoidal form. The narrow, ends of the .top and bottom walls 4 and'5 are connected to the u perand lower edges I of the end wall 3 andthewide ends of the walls 4 and 5 are connected by a wide endwall fi'; The enclosure for the bottles. is completed byside wall-members! which cover the spacejbetween the tapering side edges of the top; and, bottom walls 4 andi. The topwallj isprovided with a large hole 8 which fits upon'the shoulder 9 of the large bottle I when the bottle I: is standing upon the bottom wall 4,,the bottle I having. an elon-. gated neck 7 l0. projectin above the top 5; which providesa hand grip by whichthe package may be carried. The top wall 5 is provided adjacent the narrow end thereof with a small hole I l to receive the neck H of the small bottle 2. The holes 8 and II have their centers on the center line of the top wall so as to center the bottles between the side walls 1 and the sides of the container just suflicient to accommodate the bottles with the end walls 3 and 6 and side walls 1 closely adjacent the peripheries of the bottles.

Th height of the box is such that a considerable portion of the shoulder 9 is exposed above the box so that a label l3.on said shoulder portion of the bottle will be visible. A label I 4 on the small bottle 2 is visible through a window l5 formed in the lower portion of the end wall 3. The trapezoidal boxes provide packages which are economical of space by reason of the fact that they may be nested as illustrated in Fig. 6 of the drawing.

As shown in Fig. 5 of the drawing, the end and top and bottom walls are connected end to end in a strip and the free ends of the strip are joined together to provide a collapsible box body. The bottom wall 4 is integrally connected to the narrow end Wall 3 and is adapted to swing about a suitable fold or hinge line I 6, and the narrow end of the top wall is integrally and hingedly connected to the opposite end of the wall 3 by means of a hinge or a fold line IT. The wide end wall 6 is integrally and hingedly connected to the wide end of the top wall 5 by a fold or hinge line IS. The free end of the wall 6 is provided with a fiap [9 which is integrally and hingedly connected to the body of the wall by a fold or hinge line 20. The ends of the strip consisting of the end and top and bottom walls are connected together by attaching the flap l9 to the free end of the bottom wall 4. Any suitable attaching means may be employed such as a layer of adhesive along the marginal edge 2| of the bottom wall 4. The side walls 1 l are integrally and hingedly connected with the side edges of the narrow end wall 3 by hinge or fold lines 22, and th free ends. of the sidewalls I are provided with flaps 23 which are integrally and hingedly connected to the walls I by means of fold or hingelines 24,..short slots 25being provided at opposite ends oflthe hinge lines 24.

Flaps 26 lare integrally and .hingedly joined to the side edges of the bottom wall lland-are separated'from .the side walls -I .in' the flat blank by cuts 21, hinge .oriold lines-28 being provided along the tapering edges 29 of the Wall 4. The flaps 26 are provided with tapering edges 29 at the ends thereof ;connected to the wide end of the bottom 4, the tapering edges 29 terminating a short distance outwardly iromgthe fold lines28 toprovide shoulders30 w-hichare adapted to enter the .slots 25 in the side walls I, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, to lock the side walls in closed positions. I I

Th top wall 5 has side flaps 3| separated from the side walls ".1 in the flat blank by cuts 32 and integrally and hingedly connected to --the top wall 5 by hinge or fold lines 33 along the tapering side edges of t e top wall. The flaps 3| have taperingedges 34 and shoulders 35 corresponding' to the edges 29 and shoulders-30 on the bottom wall flaps. When the flaps 26 and 3| of the topand bottom'walls are folded to positions at right angles to the top and "bottom walls-they form partsof the sidewalls and. serve to stifien the side walls, thie tapered edges '29 and-34 provide a slot for entry of the flaps 23 of the side walls, and the shoulders 30"and 35 are adapted to enter the slots 25 to lock the side walls in closed position. Either side wall can be readily opened by freeing the shoulders and from the slots 25 and when a side wall is opened as illustrated in Fig. 2 of the drawing, the bottles may be inserted into or removed from the box.

The flap l9 may be attached to the end of the bottom wall 4 at the box factory and the box may be collapsed for shipment if desired. At the place of use the box can be quickly and easily assembled in operative position to receive the bottles by opening the collapsible body and securing one of the side Wall members I in closed position. After insertion of the bottles the secpnd side wall can be secured in closed position and the package is completed. The bottles may be removed by opening one of the side walls and whenempty may be reinserted in the box for return to the retailer and to the bottler. The box not only serves to package the two bottles together but also to protect the bottles against breakage, particularly when a considerable number of packages are nested together during transportation.

It is to be understood that variations and modifications of the specific devices :herein shown and described for purposes of illustration may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention. o

What I claim is:

A paperboard bottle box comprising top and bottom walls of elongated tapering trapezoidal form, the top wall having a large hole adjacent its wide end and a small hole adjacent its narrow end, said holes being centrallydisposed with respect to the side edges of the wall and adapted to receive the necks of a large and a small bottle standing on the bottom wall and to position said bottles in the container, a wide end wall joining the wide end edges of the top and bottom walls, .a narrow end-wall joining the narrow end edges of the top and bottom walls, and 'two side walls, one of said side walls being hinged to an edgelof an end wallto afford access to the container for .;insertion or removal of the' bottles, and means for releasably holding said hinged wall in olosed pqsition. j 

